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FLORA OF FORFARSHIRE. 
Sium, L. Water-Parsnep. 
Br. sp. 2. F. 1. 
S. angustifolium , L. Narrow-leaved Water-Parsnep. H. 
140, B. 129. — F. July, August. P. 
Bare. Ditch near Denmill, west from Lochee. 
East end of the Loch of Forfar, Mr A. Croall, Ditches 
and margins of the pond at Kinnaird, Mr A. Bousie. 
(Enanthe, L. Water-Dropwort. 
Br. sp. and v. 6. F. 2. 
(E. fstulosa, L. Common Water-Dropwort. H. 141, 
B. 130. — F. July, Sept. P. 
“ To the west of Dundee,” Mr G. Don. I have not yet 
met with it. 
(E. crocata , L. Hemlock Water Dropwort. H. 142, 
B. 131. — F. July. P. (CE. apiifolia , Brot. ?) 
Wet places near Ninewells, at Will’s Braes, and between 
Brough ty and Monifieth. 
ASthusa, L. Fool’s -Parsley. 
Br. sp. and v. 2. F. I. 
M. Cynapium , L. Common Fool’s-Parsley, or Lesser 
Hemlock. H. 143, B. 131. — F. July, August. A. 
Frequent in waste ground, and particularly in weedy gar- 
dens. It not uncommonly grows in cultivated beds of the 
common parsley, and, being very poisonous, no one would use 
it with the other, if he knew it. But how many consider it 
foolery to waste their time upon studying botany, although 
a little knowledge of it may often be the means of saving life, 
and we have many melancholy records of the want of such 
causing death. We daily see man punished for his ignorance 
of his Creator’s works, and this is a powerfnl reason why we 
should bestir ourselves to become aquainted with them. Man 
is alike responsible for his ignorance as his knowledge, when 
that knowledge is within his reach. 
